Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-03
CALIFORNIA POLITICS.
Am attempt to Euchre u Dcnso.
cratic Ca n didate out of a Sent.

"A abtc6hDL tO EuCkEc DChhOe
cratic Candidate out of n Sent.
Hon. Joseph D. Lynch, of Los An
geles, CAL, who was the Democratic
candidate for Congress in the Sixth
California District last fall, has been
in st. Louis for the past lew days.
Gen. VIM. Vandever, formerly Of
Iowa, was Mr.. Lynch's Republican
opponent for Congress, and he was re-
turned as the elected member. Mr..
Lynch is contosting the seat, claim
ing that he was beaten out OF it by
means of fraudulent proceedings on
the part OF the registration and cleo
ton officers. The Sixth Congress
ional District is the Republican strong
hold OF the State. The district polls
more votes than are pollrd
in all the Congressional Dis
tricts of Georgia. Until re-
Gently the district was considered
safe for the Republicans by 1000 ma
jority. When Mr.. Lynch was nom
mated for Congress his friends had
little hope that he would be elected.
But he is very popular man in the
district, and has been editor OF the
leading paper Of Southern California.
the Los Angeles HERALD, for a num-
ber of years. Vandever, the Repub-
lican candidate, was considered a car
pet-bagger from Iowa, and many OF
the native Republicans, especially
those of Mexican origin, refused to
support him. All the election ma
chinery was in the hands OF the Re
publicans, but the Republican revolt
against Vandever encouraged the
democrats and Mr.. Lynch made a
spirited campaign.
The County Clerk is by law the
chief registration officer, and the
County Clerk OF Los Angeles county
was a Republican candidate for re-
election, and the deputy in immediate
charge of regis'rati was Chairman
Of the Republican County Committee
and a Republican candidate for MEM
ber of the Legislature. Towards the
last of September the following notice
was posted conspicuously in many
parts of Los Angeles county:
VOTERS!
All persons whose names are not already
on the great register of the county, and
wishing to vote at the coming election.
must be registered on or before October I'd,
1856, ut which time the great register will
be closed, as per section lll3, Political
Code. c II. DUNsMooR,
County Clerk of Los Angeles County, Cal.
In accordance with this notice reg
istrations ceased on the date named.
The Republican county clerk, how
ever, sent out a secret circular TO Re-
publlcans telling them that they could
register secretly for three weeks long
er. One of these circulars fell into
the hands Of the Democrats and'a big
furoye was created The law confers
on the county Assessor the same pow
ers regarding registration as are con-
ferred on the County Clerk. The Los
Angeles Assessor is Democrat, and
OF course when the Republican job
was detected, the Democrats got the
Assessor to open up his registration
machinery. On October 9Th,
! in obedience to law, the conn
ty assessor delivered to the coun-
| ty Clerk certified copy OF his roll con-
tanning list of 4S3 enrolled voters
From this list the County Clerk elm
mated 1913 names and refused to place
them on the great register because the
names of the Deputy Assessors who
attended to the registration were not
filed in his office. The Democrats
protested, and the County Clerk agreed
to enter the names. The day before
the election, however, when there
was no longer time to exert a remedy
the Clerk positively refused to enter
the names on the great register.
An old law Of California, enacted
long before the era of railroads and
tele .raphs, gives election officers two
months in which to make returns oi
elections to the county clerk. The
Republican election officers took all
the time allowed by law to make the
returns, and at last Gen. Vandever
the Republican candidate, was count
ed in by majority of 55 in the dis
trict. MIR. Lynch claims that there
was fraud in the count and fraud IN
the registration, and he IS appealing
to Congress for Justice. He has
proved enough voters to have beer
disfranchised, who were favorable tt
him, to more than overcome the al
legged majority. AS there is Demo
cratic majority in Congress it is to bt
: presumed that the 'fine work" OF thu
Republican election and registration
officers will be treated as It's merit
deserve. Mr.. Lynch has expended
! thousands of dollars in making tht
fight, but he is in for the war.-lSt
Louis Republican.
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